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San Francisco Bay Area

Running and operating functional and performance tests on flight hardware and software. Testing PCBA’s, subsystems, and full spacecraft over a wide range of environmental conditions such as vibration, thermal vacuum, and EMI/EMC. Running, processing, and debugging test failures as they happen, and working with engineers to root cause solutions.

Davis, California, United States

Administrated bare-metal Kubernetes cluster of Linux servers as part of an open-source team providing interactive computation environment web services to UC Davis and LibreTexts users.• Maintained high availability and repaired faults across full stack of production Web services.• Debugged and cataloged Python widgets broken in production JavaScript and TypeScript software.• Integrated up-to-date scientific programming languages and packages into Docker image environments.• Remodeled Kubernetes cluster architecture to automate software management with Puppet.• Established health metrics, process monitoring, SSH servers, shell scripts, and documentation for admins and users.• Configured FreeBSD gateway router for networking with NAT, DHCP, DNS, and HAProxy.• Improved cluster robustness through regular system and dependency upgrades, as well as Git version control.

Davis, California, United States

Developed frontend Bicycle Dynamics Analysis Web App for BicycleParameters Python bicycle modeling program.• Programmed app using Dash Python to interactively display tables and figures based on measurement data.• Transformed Python into HTML, CSS, and JavaScript components to create a friendly UI.• Maintained version control with Git and employed its issue and pull request workflow.

Davis, California, United States

Built lasting relationships in 1-2 days with diverse groups of 3-20 as part of a team empowering thousands to excel in their transition to UC Davis.• Presented to audiences of up to hundreds of people on panels, in lectures, and in demonstrations.